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Plessy V Ferguson
The state of Louisiana had a law that required blacks and whites to sit in separate cars when taking the railway. Homer Adolph Plessy took a seat in the whites only car and refused to move and was arrested.
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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
CORE was a non-violent group and also one of the leading activist groups. CORE launched a series of initiatives: the Freedom Rides, aimed at desegregating public facilities, the Freedom Summer voter registration project and even March on Washington.
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Sweatt v Painter
Heman Sweatt applied for University of Texas School of Law but was rejected because of his race. link -
Brown v Board of Education
Is known as one of the greatest supreme court decisions. It ruled that segregation in public schools was a violation of the fourtenth amendment.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
African americans refused to ride the buses in Montgomery, Alabama to protest segragated seating on the buses.
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"The Southern Manifesto"
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
60 black ministers and civil right leaders met in Atlanta this group was dedicated to stopping segregation in a non-violent manner.
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Little Rock - Central High School
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Greensboro Sit-in
A group of African American students have a non-violent protest at a segregated lunch counter. This began a wave of sit-in's that would spread to college towns in the near by region.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
This commitee gave younger African Americans more of a voice so that they could peacefully protest for their rights.
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Freedom Rides
A group of 13 African-American and white civil rights activists launched the a series of bus trips through the South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals.
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'Letter From Birmingham Jail"
While MLK was held in jail he wrote a letter the the news paper the explain why he had broken the law.
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Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was a civil rights activist who organized boycotts, voter-regristration efforts, and demostrations. He was born on July 2, 1925 im Decatur, Mississippi. On June 12, 1963, he was assassinated outside of his home in Jackson, Mississippi.
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March on Washingtron
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Bombing of Birmingham church
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Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Prohibits the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen can participate in a federal election.
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Mississippi Freedom Summer
Several organizations organized a voter registration drive in Mississippi to increase voter registration for Mississippi
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Malcolm X assassinated
In New York City an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights.
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Selma to Montgomery march
600 people marched and were led by MLK Jr. from Selma to Montgomery. It began as a peaceful demostration but then troops met the demostrators at then edge iof the city. This day became know as "Bloody Sunday."
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Voting Rights Act Approved
Signed President Lyndon Johnson and gave African Americans the right to vote.
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James Meredith
James was the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi. He was a former serviceman and was accepted to the University in 1962. James was shot during a march through the south called "March Against Fear".
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